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   228 Herbs There is a weed in Kilcormac graveyard and it is called the mouse-ear. If you boiled it in new milk it is a cure for a burn. There is another weed in Masterson's lane and it is called the Chalace. It is a little green leaf and if you boil it in new milk, strain the milk off, it would cure the whooping-cough. There is another weed in Bolger's field called blood-wort and if you would boil it in water it is a cure for a Kitty Carty Garrybritt, Boolavogue, Ferns

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Carty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Garrybrit Upper, Co. Wexford

2. Herbs

   

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   Some of the herbs that cure are dandelion, march-mallow, docks, garlic, rib-grass. Some of the ones that poison are hemlock and garlic. The weeds harmful to the land are thistles, praiseach, rag-weeds, nettles. These weeds are harmful because they destroy corn and multiply. The dandelion when broken at the stem produces a white liquid which cures warts. March-mallace mixed with makes an ointment an ointment for burns and scalds.

   James Gahan,
   Carrigeen, Boolavogue, Ferns.

   

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